Northeast Gardening: APPLACHIAN LAUREL BLOOM, 0 by docgipe

docgipe wrote:
The scent is hardly noticed but the working bees bring a special once a year hum to our attention. It was during this bloom that the old time trappers would by observation locate Bee Trees to be harvested during the late fall and early winter.

This is a minor side show flower with lots of scent. One might see one of these growing in every ten mile in the mountain trip. It is a wild Purple Raspberry. We have seen Chip and Dale with raspberry colored heads stained while eating this fine fruit.

This message was edited Jun 22, 2008 7:00 PM